2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in Minnesota

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,103 people earned their degree in adult and continuing education, making the major the 416th most popular in the United States.

Across Minnesota, there were 120 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in adult and continuing education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great adult and continuing education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the adult and continuing education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in Minnesota

#1

Walden University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$10,716 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Walden University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota. Walden University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our minnesota master’s degree adult and continuing ed students list, Walden University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Walden University are $10,716, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at Walden University

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota list. Capella University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 21 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Capella University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Capella University Adult & Continuing Education Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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